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Information: French violin virtuoso and composer Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764) began his performing career as a dancer. Younger brothers Jean-Marie (the Younger), Pierre, and Jean-Benoît were also accomplished violinists and composers of sonatas. Leclair was murder
Leclair, Jean-Marie Sites:
Classical Music Archives: Leclair Classical Music Archives: Leclair: Music files offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists. (Leclair, Jean-Marie) http://www.classicalarchives.com/main-l.html#LECLAIR
Jean Marie Léclair Jean Marie Léclair: Portrait and recommended recordings of sonatas and concertos from Classical Net's Basic Repertoire. (Leclair, Jean-Marie) http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/leclair.html
Jean Marie Leclair Jean Marie Leclair: Biography including accounts of gaining an losing patrons supplemented by links to related material from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program. (Leclair, Jean-Marie) http://www.hoasm.org/VIIC/Leclair.html
Leclair, Jean-Marie Leclair, Jean-Marie: Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry from WQXR radio. Biography notes passage from dancer to musician to composer focusing mainly on the violin. (Leclair, Jean-Marie) http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=5245
Jean-Marie Leclair Jean-Marie Leclair: Karadar dictionary entry with life, important works, portrait, and facsimile of a composition. (Leclair, Jean-Marie) http://www.karadar.net/Dictionary/leclair.html
Additional
Information: French violin virtuoso and composer Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764) began his performing career as a dancer. Younger brothers Jean-Marie (the Younger), Pierre, and Jean-Benoît were also accomplished violinists and composers of sonatas. Leclair was murder
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